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Last House on the Left, The (1972)

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All Time

of 190,166

1,300

1970's

of 10,575

127

1972

of 3,438

11
Crime
- Crime All Time
  
  of 6,080
  
  213
  
  Crime of 1972
  
  of 51
  
  3
  
  Crime of the 1970's
  
  of 444
  
  22
Horror
- Horror All Time
  
  of 4,953
  
  104
  
  Horror of 1972
  
  of 70
  
  1
  
  Horror of the 1970's
  
  of 546
  
  19
Thriller
- Thriller All Time
  
  of 7,015
  
  276
  
  Thriller of 1972
  
  of 46
  
  4
  
  Thriller of the 1970's
  
  of 462
  
  38

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Last House on the Left, The (1972) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.9689

Avg Critic Score:2.8011

Last House on the Left, The (1972) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT is a tough, bitter little sleeper of a movie that's about four times as good as you'd expect. ...read the complete Last House on the Left movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Awful, awful, bloody, and awful. Did I mention awful? This early Wes Craven low-budget slasher flick plays to every cliche in the horror book, with a gang of escaped criminals ("dope dealers") marauding across a quiet forested neighborhood. ...read the complete Last House on the Left movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

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Flipside Movie Emporium (Michael Scrutchin)

Often foolishly condemned as sleazy exploitation, Last House on the Left is uncompromisingly honest in depicting the ugliness of violence and the emptiness it leaves behind. When Krug has blood on his hands, there's no sense of victory, not...read the complete Last House on the Left, The (1972) review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Michael Scrutchin)

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DVD Maniacs

Obviously made for the overseas market, but if you just can’t get enough of Wes Craven’s freshman effort and you have an all-region player, you probably own this great DVD already. For those Yanks who haven’t seen the movie, or who have and want a...read the complete Last House on the Left, The (1972) review at DVD Maniacs

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Cinepassion.org

Indelibly scummy, Wes Craven's freshman shocker is less a rip-off of The Virgin Spring than a purposefully degraded update, with the medieval barbarism of the original cannily transplanted to Vietnam-era America....read the complete Last House on the Left, The (1972) review at Cinepassion.org

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filmcritic.com vacates the Last House on the Left

Awful, awful, bloody, and awful....read the complete Last House on the Left, The (1972) review at filmcritic.com vacates the Last House on the Left

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